super small forward

Chapter 550. Chapter 550.
Porzingis was depressed. Although he was going to New York, the largest city in the world, the place he was going to was Los Angeles!
Although New York is more prosperous than Los Angeles, it is Los Angeles!City of Angels!Take a look at the gossip about the Lakers players who are usually exposed, the appointments are all supermodels, socialites, and beautiful stars!

In New York...it's all a bunch of land rich people, not fun for young people!
Originally, the Lakers had never traded with a team with a first-round pick. Porzingis has been anxious, afraid of falling into the second round. You must know that there is no guaranteed contract in the second round.

Then the 25th pick was selected, and the deputy host announced that the Lakers and the Eagles had traded for the 27th pick in the first round of this year. Porzingis instantly felt that it was dawn!
Going to play for the Los Angeles Lakers!
Porzingis is confident that his three-point ability and athletic ability will be very suitable for D'Antoni's system, and he will definitely be able to make a name for the Lakers like another young European player.

Unexpectedly, he was suddenly selected by the Knicks!
You must know that Porzingis has already planned where to rent a house in Los Angeles and how to play in Los Angeles during the offseason... Well, now that he is selected, he doesn't have to leave...

Liu Ren and Xiaoniu were astonished...it's nothing, the team is not short of this talent, and when the time comes to negotiate a rookie contract with New York, they can try their best to win it with 120% of the contract and earn a little more money. The team did not have any particularly big losses because of this, at most it was an extra two-year mini-middle class contract. The current salary situation of the Lakers is not too good. After Jeremy Lin's contract expires, next year's salary cap has increased by more than 500 Before Wan and Green renewed their contracts, the Lakers had a full salary space of at least 1600 million, and a naked contract with a lower maximum salary such as Parsons was enough.

Only Kupchak was the most indignant.

"No wonder Phil Jackson, the son of a bitch, just won't trade with me, and the fuck has his eye on Porzingis!" Kupchak felt aggrieved, and immediately had to start selecting the first choice Who should be selected for the 27th pick in the round.

Since Liu Ren had no intention of participating in this draft at all, after Liu Ren asked him to choose Porzingis, Kupchak's goal was only Porzingis, and he waited until Porzingis was about to be wanted by him. Draft picks that were only traded when the pick was selected, there is no backup option at all!

During the 3-minute consideration time, Kupchak cursed Zen master for two and a half minutes. In the last 30 seconds, he thought of a player who had not been selected. son.

Kupchak also broke the jar, wrote Larry-Nance-JR, and handed it over to the league staff.

Kupchak is depressed, he is regretting, even if he spends some more cash and trades the 25th pick with the Grizzlies, it will not lead to a rookie who doesn't know much about dunks and a rookie who seems to be good. Rubbish contract.

And people sometimes like to dig into corners. Since Kupchak firmly believes that the person recommended to him by Liu Ren is a rookie with great potential, he feels that the Knicks must also have taken a fancy to Porzingis' talent and picked a low pick. Bao, of course, this is the truth, but it’s okay if Kupchak doesn’t know, he will be very depressed if he knows, and he will probably be depressed for a long time...

The rookie he wanted was not selected, and Kupchak could only return to Los Angeles with the rookie he had just selected.

To be honest, the Lakers this summer is another year where there are not many opportunities to operate. The team has a complete lineup and there is no opportunity to prove Kupchak's operational ability.

The remaining backcourt players of the Lakers after the end of the season include LaVine, Clarkson, Kobe, McCollum, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Korver, Green, Antetokounmpo, Whiteside, Gasol, Thackeray.

These are already twelve players who have guaranteed contracts and will soon have guaranteed contracts, and none of these players are willing to trade, and they are all the core lineup to win the championship.

With the traded Mike Scott and the drafted dunk king's son, the Lakers have 14 players...

That is to say, there will be some minor repairs at most in the future, and there is not much room for maneuvering. Originally, Kupchak also had a way to make some bright things, such as selecting a talented rookie who is not high in the draft. , For example, last year's God-like winning of LaVine, the most sad and indignant thing after Kupchak was cut off is that another draft trade that may be called a god-operated draft was cut off by others.

So the next thing Kupchak can do is to renew the contract with Green, and discuss with Liu Ren, Clarkson, and Thackeray about renewing the contract in advance.

Liu Ren, Clarkson, and Thackeray have only one year left in their contracts, and they can choose to renew their contracts in advance. However, renewing their contracts at this time naturally means that the contracts are lower, because except for Liu Ren, neither of them can be top-notch. Although people know that the salary cap will rise sharply next summer, it is still unknown how much it will increase. It also depends on how much money each team can get next season after signing a new broadcast agreement this summer.

So at this time, non-maximum-salary players have to estimate how much the salary cap may increase to calculate how much contract they can get next year based on their current worth.

And for the super young stars with only one year left on their rookie contracts, their teams can't wait to renew their contracts, because they don't know how high the salary cap next year will be. The team with the salary space sends a big contract that is poisonous to the extreme. At that time, I really don't know whether it should be matched or not.

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On June 6, under the unhappy expression of the little girl, Kupchak was pleasantly surprised to win Green with a five-year contract extension of 30 million!
Although the chick is very careful to add things such as a 15.00% transaction deposit, the annual salary can be withdrawn in advance after the free market opens, and the salary for the next season can be withdrawn in advance, leaving only the average salary in Los Angeles to be paid weekly, the first three years of the contract cannot be traded, and the fifth-year player option...

These terms seem to be unreasonable, but Kupchak thinks this is not a problem!

库普切克已经准备好了给格林送上一份5年8200万的合同，而且还做好了小妞这个铁公鸡要5年8500万的最高薪水的准备，谁知道格林居然主动降薪1000万！

In this way, Green's starting salary next season will be 1270 million, which is almost 300 million more room!

Although the one-time payment of the annual salary in advance is equivalent to about [-]% more money according to the average return on market investment, but this is not a problem!For the Lakers, it is not the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but more flexible salary space!In the next few years, what Kupchak is most worried about is the issue of the team's salary space. Too many people on the team will renew their contracts. Although the big boss is not short of money, he must also ensure the flexibility of the salary space!

Just after Green and Kupchak reached a verbal agreement to renew the contract, the "intelligence personnel" inside the Lakers sent the news to the media related to them.

When woj exposed the verbal agreement between Green and the Lakers to renew the contract and the news that Green took the initiative to cut his salary, Green's status in the hearts of fans suddenly rose.

Contemporary living!Illuminate the rest of the Lakers team, sacrifice their own salary, and cut their salary by at least 1000 million dollars, an average of at least 200 million dollars a year. Green's salary in the first three years added up to more than 200 million...

After Green's contract extension was completed, Thackeray also reached an early contract extension agreement with the Lakers and signed a 4-year 1300 million contract. The player option in the last year is really expensive, 80% higher than the market price. In case of one year, and even if other teams want to dig Thackeray, it is impossible to give such a long contract, which can be regarded as compensation for the chick's agency.

Green and the Lakers reached a verbal agreement. In this way, the salary space occupied by the Lakers before Green's official contract extension is only 92% of last year's 136 salary, which is [-] million dollars, allowing the Lakers to keep the salary. A lot of space can be operated in summer.

Thackeray's contract extension does not take up the team's space, because it will not take effect until next summer, and by then this contract, which is now only considered a mini-middle class size, will be nothing.

However, Liu Ren's contract renewal was temporarily put on hold. Kupchak proposed a 5-year 1.27 million contract renewal request, but was fooled by the chick's indiscretions. Kupchak has no choice but to first Put this matter aside and talk about it later.

Regarding the renewal of the contract with Liu Ren, Kupchak is very confident that Liu Ren will be kept, but it is only a matter of the size of the contract. He gave 5 million for 1.27 years just to test the tone of the chick, but obviously the other party is not interested in this offer. If you are not satisfied, don't talk about it directly.

Although woj revealed that Liu Ren refused to renew his five-year 5 million contract, many teams began to prepare for action, but Kupchak was not worried at all, because only the Lakers could offer Liu Ren the largest contract. Liu Ren's bird rights can give him the biggest contract even next summer, and Liu Ren has no intention of not renewing his contract, he just wants to wait for a bigger contract.

That being the case, Kupchak first focused on the free market.

This summer is not a great year for the free market. It is far worse than last year. The biggest names are James, Aldridge, and Monroe. Although James has jumped out of the contract, everyone with a discerning eye knows that he will not leave the Cavaliers. .

Aldridge... If there is enough space, Kupchak wants to win it very much. When Kupchak digs stars, he doesn't care if the lineup is too saturated. Gasol, who was at the peak back then, can play as a substitute and the lineup is saturated It doesn't matter at all!

But Aldridge's salary is too high, and the Lakers really can't afford space.

(End of this chapter)